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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2017 ‘What are your Labor Day weekend plans?’ “I generally do not celebrate. I might have dinner with my boyfriend, though. That sounds good.” “Stay home and work on a classic car. Might have two of them by next week- end.” Gail Griff ey, Astoria “Taking my two black Labs to the North Jet- ty and letting them run and splash in the ocean. They make me laugh, and we have a blast. We pick up trash while we’re out there, too.” Dave Ambrose, Astoria THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK Janie Steinberg, Knappa Radical movement grows from legacy of Ruby Ridge surrendering on Aug. 31, 1992. Twenty-fi ve years later, here’s a look at the stand- off and some of its lingering effects: Inspiration for extreme politics By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press experts say. The standoff is one of sev- eral things that spurred the resurgence of right-wing extremism in the 1990s, said Mark Pitcavage, a spokes- man for the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization. “We are still in the midst of that,” he said. Anti-government inspiration SPOKANE, Wash. — It’s been a quarter-century since a standoff in the mountains of northern Idaho left a 14-year- old boy, his mother and a fed- eral agent dead and sparked an expansion of radical right- wing groups in the United States that continues today. The gunfi ght at Ruby Ridge occurred when agents approached Randy Weaver’s property near the Canadian border looking for a place to arrest the military veteran on gun charges. They had been investigating him for possible ties to white supremacist and anti-government groups. Weaver, his daughters and a friend holed up in the fam- ily’s cabin for 11 days before “Ruby Ridge continues to be an inspiration for the rise in extreme anti-government pol- itics,” said Ryan Lenz of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks and studies radi- cal groups. The number of far-right, anti-government militia groups grew dramatically after the election of Barack Obama, the country’s fi rst black president, Lenz said. Such groups historically drop off when a Republican becomes president, Lenz said. Instead, they burst into the pub- lic arena with the election of President Donald Trump. That led to the recent vio- lent confl ict between white The Weavers AP Photo/Jeff T. Green Randy Weaver supporters at Ruby Ridge in northern Ida- ho in 1992. It’s been a quarter century since a standoff in the remote mountains of northern Idaho left a 14-year-old boy, his mother and a federal agent dead and sparked the expansion of radical right-wing groups across the coun- try that continues to this day. supremacists and their oppo- nents in Charlottesville, Vir- ginia, and disputes over Con- federate monuments. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY 55 Low clouds Mostly sunny and beautiful Last Salem 60/85 Newport 53/65 Sep 12 Coos Bay 56/70 First Sep 19 Associated Press La Grande 52/82 BROOKINGS — Fire- fi ghters in southern Oregon on Tuesday gained a toe- hold on a fi re burning near the coastal town of Brook- ings but new evacuations were ordered after a fl are-up on a different complex of lightning-caused fi res in a Baker 50/87 Ontario 61/92 Burns 48/86 Klamath Falls 44/87 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 3:58 a.m. 3:43 p.m. Low 0.9 ft. 3.0 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 95 87 66 78 66 86 87 79 64 68 Today Lo 50 47 56 53 56 44 54 60 53 54 W s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc Hi 87 85 75 84 65 87 92 83 65 68 A few months after Ruby Ridge, federal agents laid siege to the Waco, Texas, compound of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect. An assault was launched, and a fi re destroyed the compound and killed more than 70 people. Timothy McVeigh cited both Ruby Ridge and Waco as motivators when he bombed the federal building in Okla- homa City in 1995. remote area near the Califor- nia border. Authorities allowed some residents back into their homes near Brookings but several thousand more remain evacuated. The 184-square- mile fi re is now 5 percent con- tained with a full containment date of mid-October. The blaze began from a lightning strike on July 12 but grew rapidly last week, at one point forcing about 4,500 people from their homes. Fire crews are bracing for more diffi cult conditions later this week, with very low humid- ity and triple-digit tempera- tures forecast. Winds on the fi re have also been gusty and erratic. Lakeview 46/87 Ashland 54/92 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Tonight's Sky: Marked by its brightest star Vega, the constellation Lyra the Harp will stand high in the sky. Waco and Oklahoma City Firefi ghters make slow progress against Oregon’s big blazes Roseburg 57/89 Brookings 55/79 Sep 27 John Day 53/86 Bend 47/85 Medford 54/92 UNDER THE SKY Thu. Lo 44 51 59 53 55 51 59 55 48 52 W s pc pc s c pc pc pc s s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 76 92 78 82 80 69 91 79 78 95 Today Lo 56 57 62 57 60 56 57 56 60 57 W pc s pc pc pc pc s pc pc s Hi 78 86 82 89 85 67 82 85 81 90 Thu. Lo 48 57 57 58 57 54 57 54 55 55 W pc s pc pc s pc s s pc s Warrenton Police offi cer to graduate The Daily Astorian An incoming Warrenton P olice offi cer will graduate next week from the state public safety academy in Salem. Offi cer Joshua Hollaway is listed as one of 37 that will graduate with the Oregon Public Safety Academy’s 370th basic police class. The graduation will take place at 11 a.m. on Sept. 8 . The 16-week basic police class includes lessons and exer- cises that teach survival skills, fi rearms, emergency vehi- cle operations, ethics, cul- tural diversity, problem solv- ing, community policing, elder abuse, drug recognition and dozens of other subjects. TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Hi Lo 74 69 70 59 80 64 93 62 82 62 80 61 90 65 62 43 86 72 82 64 80 59 105 84 97 75 77 70 93 81 80 68 85 74 77 66 82 62 78 65 83 65 92 68 70 57 75 60 79 68 Prineville 46/87 Lebanon 58/85 Eugene 53/84 New Pendleton 57/86 The Dalles 63/89 Portland 62/82 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:58 p.m. Sunrise Thursday ........................ 6:35 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 3:41 p.m. Moonset today .......................... 12:29 a.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Very warm with plenty of sunshine Tillamook 57/68 SUN AND MOON High 5.9 ft. 7.1 ft. 78 57 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 55/69 Precipitation Tuesday ............................................ 0.00" Month to date ................................... 0.38" Normal month to date ....................... 1.05" Year to date .................................... 50.05" Normal year to date ........................ 37.99" Time 10:28 a.m. 9:39 p.m. Mostly sunny and pleasant SUNDAY 82 57 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 69°/54° Normal high/low ........................... 69°/52° Record high ............................ 88° in 1944 Record low ............................. 42° in 1985 Sep 5 76 57 A blend of sun and clouds ALMANAC Full SATURDAY 69 52 Experts also point to a sep- arate case involving anti-gov- ernment icon Cliven Bundy, of Nevada. Last week, a fed- eral jury in Las Vegas refused to convict four men accused of threatening and assaulting fed- eral agents by wielding assault weapons in a 2014 confronta- tion near Bundy’s ranch. Much of this tumult stemmed from Ruby Ridge, The roots of Ruby Ridge were planted in the 1980s, when Weaver moved his fam- ily to Idaho to escape what he saw as a corrupt world. Weaver eventually was sus- pected of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns to a gov- ernment informant. To avoid arrest, he holed up on his land. On Aug. 21, 1992, a team of U.S. marshals scouting the thick forest to fi nd suitable places to arrest Weaver came across his friend Kevin Har- ris and Weaver’s 14-year-old son, Samuel, in the woods. A gunfi ght broke out. Sam- uel Weaver and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed. The next day, an FBI sniper shot and wounded Randy Weaver. The sniper also killed Randy’s wife, Vicki, with a shot to the head, and wounded Harris. The survivors stayed in the cabin Weaver built, ignor- ing pleas to surrender from people like Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler, whose now-defunct neo-Nazi group was based in nearby Hayden Lake. Ruby Ridge became a magnet for people with anti-government leanings, who gathered near law enforcement barricades. The family fi nally surren- dered, and Randy Weaver was acquitted of the most seri- ous charges against him. He and his three daughters fi led a wrongful death lawsuit, and the government paid them $3.1 million in 1995. W t pc pc pc s pc s pc s pc s pc s sh s r r pc s pc pc t s pc pc Thu. Hi Lo 80 72 81 54 72 56 89 60 80 56 71 50 91 65 65 43 87 72 80 60 82 61 102 82 97 74 75 67 92 80 79 68 88 72 81 56 84 61 83 57 82 63 90 66 80 63 76 56 84 63 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc c pc pc s r pc r t pc s pc pc pc s pc pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Need a Lift? Roby’s can help. Lift chairs starting at $599. 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For more information, call 503- 325-3211, ext. 257. ON THE RECORD Assault • At 1:55 a.m. Saturday, Gregory Adams Jr., 26, of Wol- cottville, Indiana, was arrested by the Warrenton Police Department on the 1000 block of Pacifi c Drive and charged with fourth-degree assault and harassment. He allegedly became angry when a bar- tender at the South Jetty Din- ing Room and Bar refused to continue serving him alcohol. When employees attempted to escort him from the restaurant, he allegedly threw multiple punches, hitting a bartender in the chest and knocking her to the ground. He also allegedly hit a cook in the face, leaving a visible injury. MEMORIAL DUII • At 7:49 p.m. Saturday, Mark Alfred Lamie, 56, of Astoria, was arrested by the Warrenton Police Department on U.S. Highway 101 near Glenwood Village and charged with driving under the infl u- ence of intoxicants. His blood alcohol content was 0.25 percent. • At 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sharon Laferriere, 57, of War- renton, was arrested by the Warrenton Police Department on the 70 block of U.S. High- way 101 Business and charged with DUII. Police allegedly could smell marijuana when they approached her, and she admitted to “dabbing.” PUBLIC MEETINGS WEDNESDAY Astoria Warming Center neighborhood meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 www.dailyastorian.com MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. 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